MARAROA IN DIFFICULTIES.
ENGINE BREAKDOWN IN GALE. SAFE RETURN TO PORT. (Per Press Association.) Wellington, May 5. The steamer Mararoa, which is to relieve the Wahine in the winter running of the ferry service, left Wellington last night at 8 o’clock in a heavy southerly gale. When three hour's off Wellington heads, in a terrific sea. an accident happened to the main engine pump?’, and the steamer was forced to stop. She succeeded in making port under her own steam at six knot#, arriving at 7.30 this morning. There wore no r.nssengers aboard, as the Mararoa was
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XV, Issue 127, 5 May 1925, Page 4
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97MARAROA IN DIFFICULTIES. Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XV, Issue 127, 5 May 1925, Page 4
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